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Starmer uses disappearing messages on WhatsApp, No 10 admits after Mandelson files released
Use of disappearing messages mean messages between the prime minister and Peter Mandelson may have been wiped
Student loans crisis ‘comparable to PPI scandal’, education tsar suggests
This year has seen rising criticism of the student loans system after the chancellor announced at the autumn 2025 budget the repayment threshold would be frozen for three years
The rise and fall of Peter Murrell who embezzled £400k from SNP
Murrell oversaw the party’s rocketing rise in popularity and a large influx of new members around the 2014 independence referendum
Mandelson should never have been ambassador, Yvette Cooper says after damning messages revealed
Foreign secretary declines to say whether Sir Keir Starmer is a strong and effective leader
Andy Burnham accuses water companies of ‘profiteering’ during cost-of-living crisis
Mr Burnham promised a vote for him in Makerfield would be a vote to ‘change Labour’
UK Politics
Mandelson files latest: Starmer to chair Cabinet meeting after files reveal criticism of ‘beleaguered’ No10 operation
The former Labour peer said the No10 operation was ‘beleaguered and bereft’
UK Politics
Brexit: It didn’t matter whether I backed Leave or Remain – I would have become PM anyway, Boris Johnson claims
Former PM David Cameron says he doesn’t believe Boris Johnson thought Britain would vote to Leave the EU in new BBC documentary on Brexit
UK Politics
Reform UK’s support is more than a ‘protest’ vote, research suggests
Leading polling expert Sir John Curtice said Nigel Farage’s party was eating the Conservatives ‘for breakfast, lunch and dinner’
UK Politics
Sadiq Khan to back social media ban for under-16s after Starmer promised ‘game-changer’ action
Khan is set to call for a ban on social media for under-16s during a speech on Tuesday
UK Politics
Britain rejoining the EU in future is ‘an inevitability’, says minister
Lord Livermore said it was his ‘personal view’ that the UK would rejoin the bloc
UK Politics
Humiliation for Starmer as Mandelson files reveal government by WhatsApp
Peter Mandelson’s damning opinion of No 10 revealed in messages, with the disgraced politician saying the PM ‘lacks verve’
UK Politics
How I ended up in the Mandelson files
Political editor David Maddox discusses being named in exchanges involving Peter Mandelson and how The Independent’s stories have embarrassed the government
UK Politics
Full timeline of Mandelson ambassador appointment scandal as latest files released
New files related to Lord Mandelson’s appointment were released by the Government on Monday
UK Politics
UK and France intercept suspected Russian oil tanker in Atlantic, Macron says
French president says new tanker was intercepted by France with support of several partners
UK Politics
Mandelson files: The key takeaways from latest release of disgraced peer’s messages with Starmer’s top ministers
Ministers were braced for embarrassing revelations ahead of the publication of the files on Monday afternoon
UK Politics
Two left-wing US political commentators banned from UK
Green leader Zack Polanski has called the decision ‘really grim’
UK Politics
UK will not have to pay Rwanda more than £100m over failed asylum deal
Court of Arbitration in the Hague rules against Rwanda’s claim it was owed money after Labour scrapped the scheme
UK Politics
Watch live: Labour reacts to latest Mandelson files release as secret WhatsApp messages revealed
Watch live as the government delivers a statement following the latest release of documents relating to the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.
UK Politics
Trophy hunters bring bodies of lions and bears to the UK – despite repeated pledges to ban imports
Exclusive: Permits were also given for hunting trophies of critically endangered black rhinos and cheetahs, Africa's most endangered big cat
UK Politics
Top Starmer ally insists he is not plotting leadership bid
Chief secretary Darren Jones is the latest cabinet minister to attract leadership speculation
Disruptive passengers could face nationwide flight ban under new government plans
Some passengers are taking airport drinking ‘too far’, leading to an uptick in incidents
Union members now as likely to support Reform as Labour, damning new poll finds
Labour’s support amongst union members has plummeted by 20 points since the general election
Starmer has nowhere left to hide as scope of Mandelson documents threatens to engulf Labour
Political editor David Maddox looks at the likely impact of the release of the second tranche of Mandelson documents on Keir Starmer and Labour
UK Politics
Darren Jones says Westminster must get better at governing for a world with AI
Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, described a ‘challenge of speed’ which lawmakers are grappling with.
UK Politics
Ministry of Defence accused of failing to tackle ‘normalisation of fraud’ after £1.5bn annual loss
MPs have published a scathing report on the culture within the Ministry of Defence
UK Politics
Blair is wrong about my government, Starmer says, as he hits back over Labour criticism
Prime minister ‘doesn’t agree with much’ of Sir Tony Blair’s scathing 5,700-word essay
UK Politics
Life for Britons is much harder than it used to be – and Blair has ignored that, says Burnham
The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister has issued a scathing indictment of Labour
UK Politics
The fall of entry-level jobs and the rise of a ‘bedroom generation’: Key takeaways from youth unemployment review
Alan Milburn’s review of youth unemployment lays bare the scale of the crisis affecting Britain’s young people. Here, The Independent runs through the report’s key findings
UK Politics
Nicola Sturgeon speaks out on ‘worst week of my life’ after being ‘betrayed’ by her ex-husband
Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband Peter Murrell entered a guilty plea to embezzling over £400,000 from the SNP
UK Politics
Burnham positions himself as the reformed Blairite – but will that work in Makerfield?
Political editor David Maddox looks at the contradictory nature of Andy Burnham’s response to Tony Blair
UK Politics
Reversing minimum wage changes is no ‘easy solution’ to end Britain’s Neet crisis, Milburn warns
The former Labour minister warned against solely blaming the chancellor for the scale of the crisis facing the nation
UK Politics
Reform MP defends helping UK’s ‘worst benefits cheat’ who was jailed for fraud
Ethel McGill was featured in a video posted by the Reform MP Sarah Pochin
UK Politics
Reform UK council leader rejects Nigel Farage’s call for ‘Hexit’ referendum on leaving London
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell also insisted the borough should have an option to rejoin Essex
UK Politics
Starmer ‘facing calls to rethink approach to North Sea drilling’ as oil prices spiral
While Sir Keir has argued that new drilling in the North Sea would not reduce domestic oil prices because they are set internationally, some ministers and industry figures are now…
UK Politics
UK ‘at risk of a lost generation’ as 1.2m could be trapped in youth unemployment crisis
Young people not in education, employment, or training face ‘hopeless catch-22’, Alan Milburn warns